Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 15.10.2018

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Federal Departement of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Procurement authority/Organizer: HR-resources planning,  attn Personal EDA, Freiburgstrasse 130,  3003  Bern,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  karolina.frischkopf@eda.admin.ch

1.2 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.3 Type of procedure

Direct award procedure

1.4 Type of order

Order for services

1.5 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Data collection and provision for the calculation of the quality of life index and the cost of living at the FDFA locations abroad

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [7] Data processing and associated activities

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	72314000 - Data collection and collation services,
	79330000 - Statistical services

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

not applicable

3.2 Tenderer considered

Name: Mercer Schweiz AG, Tessinerplatz 5,  8027  Zürich,  Switzerland
Price (total price):  CHF 316'379.60 without VAT

3.3 Reasons for the decision to award

Reasons: Direct award procedure according Art. 13 Abs. 1 Bst.c VöB

4. Other information

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 04.10.2018

4.5 Procedures for appeal

Pursuant to Art. 30 of the Federal Act on Public Procurement, an appeal against this publication may be filed within 20 days since notification in writing in an official language of Switzerland to the Federal Administrative Court, Postfach, 9023 St.Gallen. The appeal petition must be submitted in duplicate and must contain the application, the grounds of appeal with details of the evidence and the signature of the appellant or his agent; a copy of the present publication and documents cited as evidence must be attached, provided they are in the appellant’s possession.